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Edmund William Edmund William Vellenaux A Novel

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The Bright Rays Of An Autumn Sun Fell Upon The Richly Stained Glass, Sending A Flood Of Soft, Mellow Rainbow Tinted Light Through The Quaintly Curved And Deeply Mullioned Windows Which Adorned A Portion Of The Eastern Wing Of That Grand Old Baronial Residence, Vellenaux, On A Fine September Morning, At The Period During Which Our Story Opens. This Handsome Pile, Now The Property Of Sir Jasper Coleman, Had Been Erected By One Of His Ancestors, Reginald De Coleman, During The Reign Of The Fifth Henry. [more]

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Edmund William Forrest Vellenaux A Novel

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The Bright Rays Of An Autumn Sun Fell Upon The Richly Stained Glass, Sending A Flood Of Soft, Mellow Rainbow Tinted Light Through The Quaintly Curved And Deeply Mullioned Windows Which Adorned A Portion Of The Eastern Wing Of That Grand Old Baronial Residence, Vellenaux, On A Fine September Morning, At The Period During Which Our Story Opens. This Handsome Pile, Now The Property Of Sir Jasper Coleman, Had Been Erected By One Of His Ancestors, Reginald De Coleman, During The Reign Of The Fifth Henry. This Gallant Knight Had Rendered That Monarch Great Service During His Wars In France, Especially At Agincourt, Where His Skill And Bravery Was So Conspicuous, And Used To So Great Advantage, That King Henry, On His Return To England, Rewarded His Faithful Follower With A Grant Of Land In Devonshire, On Which He Was Enabled, With The Spoils He Had Acquired And The Ransoms Received From His French Prisoners Of Note, To Erect A Magnificent Chateaux, Which He Called Vellenaux, After Francois, Count De Vellenaux, A French Noble, Whose Ransom Contributed Largely To Its Construction. Here He Continued To Reside Until His Death, Which Occurred Several Years After. [more]

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Edmund William Forrest Vellenaux A Novel

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The Bright Rays Of An Autumn Sun Fell Upon The Richly Stained Glass, Sending A Flood Of Soft, Mellow Rainbow Tinted Light Through The Quaintly Curved And Deeply Mullioned Windows Which Adorned A Portion Of The Eastern Wing Of That Grand Old Baronial Residence, Vellenaux, On A Fine September Morning, At The Period During Which Our Story Opens. This Handsome Pile, Now The Property Of Sir Jasper Coleman, Had Been Erected By One Of His Ancestors, Reginald De Coleman, During The Reign Of The Fifth Henry. [more]

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Edmund William Forrest Vellenaux A Novel

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The Bright Rays Of An Autumn Sun Fell Upon The Richly Stained Glass, Sending A Flood Of Soft, Mellow Rainbow Tinted Light Through The Quaintly Curved And Deeply Mullioned Windows Which Adorned A Portion Of The Eastern Wing Of That Grand Old Baronial Residence, Vellenaux, On A Fine September Morning, At The Period During Which Our Story Opens. This Handsome Pile, Now The Property Of Sir Jasper Coleman, Had Been Erected By One Of His Ancestors, Reginald De Coleman, During The Reign Of The Fifth Henry. [more]

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Mary E. Wilkins Freeman The Debtor A Novel

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MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN (1852-1930) was born in Randolph, Massachusetts and died in Metuchen, New Jersey. Among her published regional short fiction and novels are A Humble Romance and Other Stories, A New England Nun and Other Stories, Jane Field, and The Portion of Labor. In 1926 she received the William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters for distinction in fiction. That same year, she and Edith Wharton were among the first women to be elected to membership in the National Institute of Arts and Letters. [more]

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Mary E. Wilkins Freeman The Debtor A Novel

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It Was A Week To A Day After The Wedding, And Anderson Had Been To The Office For The Morning Mail, And Was Just Returning To The Store When A Watching Face At A Window Of Madame Griggs's Dress-Making Establishment Opposite Suddenly Disappeared, And When Anderson Was Mounting The Steps Of The Store Piazza He Heard A Panting Breath And Rattle Of Starched Petticoats, And Turned To See The Dress-Maker. [more]

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Mary E. Wilkins Freeman The Debtor A Novel

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Banbridge Lies Near Enough To The Great City To Perceive After Nightfall, Along The Southern Horizon, The Amalgamated Glow Of Its Multitudinous Eyes Of Electric Fire. In The Daytime The Smoke Of Its Mighty Breathing, In Its Race Of Progress And Civilization, Darkens The Southern Sky. The Trains Of Great Railroad Systems Speed Between Banbridge And The City. Half The Male Population Of Banbridge And A Goodly Proportion Of The Female Have For Years Wrestled For Their Daily Bread In The City, Which The Little Village Has Long Echoed, More Or Less Feebly, Though Still Quite Accurately, With Its Own Particular Little Suburban Note. [more]

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Edmund William Edmund William Vellenaux A Novel

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The Consideration And Favor Accorded To The Writer'S Former Works By A Generous Reading Public, Has Induced Him [more]

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Mrs. George Croft Huddleston Bluebell A Novel

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Transcriber'S Note: These Images Were Taken From Early Canadian Online And There Are Several Pages Where The Text Is [more]

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Mrs. George Croft Huddleston Bluebell A Novel

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I See Her Now--The Vision Fair, Of Candour, Innocence, And Truth, Stand Tiptoe On The Verge Of Air, 'Twixt Childhood And Unstable Youth. It Was The "Fall" In canada, And The Leaves Were Dying Royally In Purple, Crimson And Gold. On The Edge Of A Common, Skirting A Well-Known City Of Ontario, Stood A Small, Rough-Cast Cottage, Behind Which The Sun Was Setting With A Red Promise Of Frost, His Flaming Tints Repeated In The Fervid Hue Of The Virginian Creeper That Clothed It. This Modest Tenement Was The Retreat Of Three Unprotected Females, Two Of Whom Were Seated In Silent Occupation Close To A Black Stove, Which Imparted Heat, But Denied Cheerfulness. The Elder Was Grey And Tintless As Her Life,--Harsh Wisdom Wrung From Sad Experience Ever On Lips Thin And Tight, As Though From Habitually Repressing Every Desire. [more]

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